| Rising Fame Part 2 | {Kimi, Kana and Masa}

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So, here they were. The Tea Country. It had taken them three days to travel here from Konoha on a tight, meticulous schedule. Kimiko should have been exhausted, but instead she was pumped full of adrenaline. This was her first B-Rank mission, after all, and she wanted to get it right. That teamed with little sleep at night time had left her with a strange buzz, the opposite of what she should be feeling. Of course, when this mission was over, she knew that she would sleep for a day solid to catch up on lost hours. But for now, she was ready, she was steady, and she was chomping at the bit to go.

They entered the small village's gates, and they were asked to state their business. Kimiko explained quickly, holding out the mission scroll she was given and smiling in a delightful yet dependable manner. The guards ushered them through, and even directed them to the house where they would be picking up the model. They were both apparently big fans of her. 'If she was really that famous, why have I never heard of her before?' She thought to herself while they walked through the small village. Even though she was very often out of the loop of trivial things like fashion and other girly hobbies, this model appeared to be quite well-known. It was starting to bug Kimiko, and she wanted to see what she was missing out on. They soon reached the grand-looking house that they had been directed to; it looked like a palace, not a humble home.

Kimiko paused on top of the steps, waiting for her mission partners before she knocked on the huge door before her. It wasn't as if she was scared or anything... she was simply being polite. She took a deep breath and slowly exhaled again, rapping her knuckle firmly on the door and then stepping back to wait for somebody to answer. After only a couple of seconds, the door swung inwards sharply to reveal a well-dressed man who must have been in his fifties. His hair was greying and his eyes were shimmering in quite a dull, flat manner. His kimono was pressed to perfection, and both his hands were hidden inside the long sleeves. He inclined his head towards the three at the door, and cleared his throat loudly. Then, without saying a word, he stretched his arm out to indicate that the three shinobi should enter the house, and retreated back inside hastily. Kimiko was startled; she was at least expecting some words of greeting. As not to lose the man, she scuttled inside and followed him, being careful not to touch any paintwork or expensive-looking furniture that littered the huge hallway they were walking through.

The strange man led them to the furthest room inside the house, pushed open one of the great oaken doors and bowed lowly while Kimiko, Kana and Masamune entered. As soon as they were inside, the door slammed shut again. This room was lavishly decorated in pinks, purples, silvers and golds, and it obviously belonged to the model they would be escorting. That much was obvious from all the pictures of the woman, and it was safe to say that she really was stunning. She had long pink hair, and shocking blue eyes. All the pictures were of her modelling in stunning locations, and arranged in astounding poses.

At the farthest end of the room, there was a lush golden chaise lounge which was facing away from them. As they grew nearer, however, they could just make out a shock of bright pink. Kimiko cleared her throat gently and walked forward some more until she was just behind the chaise lounge. "Excuse me-" The shock of pink hair suddenly moved, and in an instant the model was stood up to her full height, glaring down at the three shinobi who were in her abode. "You will not speak unless you are spoken to." The woman snapped, folding her arms across her chest firmly. "Name?" She demanded.

"U-Uh, my name is Katsumi Kimiko... but call me Kimi." For once in her life, Kimiko stuttered and found herself at a loss as to what to say. This woman was quite scary and intimidating, especially for poor little 4'7" Kimiko. The model must be at least 6", living up to the age-old statement that models must be tall. "You three must be my guards then." The woman continued, gracefully walking from behind the chaise lounge and into the middle of the room, sweeping past the three shinobi with an air of sophistication. "My name is Akane Yuuka. Now come, we must hurry. I need to be in the Snow Country within four days, and we aren't getting anywhere by standing around, are we?" She strode towards the door, her long violet kimono trailing after her.

Kimiko had finally snapped out her stupour and back into her old self, following swiftly and nodding her head at her companions signalling them to follow. This was surely going to be a 'fun' mission...

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Three days of lovely weather and great company. Kana had never met a person as easy going as Kimiko or one as scared of his shadow as Masamune. While the medic enjoyed the near endless platter of the young girl’s voice, the young Chunnin was worried about her health. The senior shinobi was hard-pressed to keep up with her and her brimming energy. The two males had little to do but keep up with the eager smiling Kimi. It was because of this that the days had flown by as if they had just been yesterday.

It was because of her full blown enthusiasm that Kana allowed Kimiko to take the lead. He had even relinquished his brown Chunnin flak jacket and wore only his white poncho. He did not know how much of an opposition they would encounter and he wanted to be as ambiguous as possible. Kana followed the young girl closely, first past the guards and then past the haughty looking doorman at the mansion they had arrived at.

The tea country was known for their exports and mercantile ways. It was no wonder that the model they had been assigned to protect was so well know. The influx and constant flow of people made this the best possible place for a model to establish her influence. Truth be told Kana did not know of her but then again he did not delve in such frivolous pass times. The servant led them through the huge house and past the self erected shrine of the model. Picture lined walls were testament to the ego that the trio would have to carry to Yuki. Finally, they stopped. The shrine ended in a golden altar where a sea of pink could be seen flowing down.

The energetic Kimiko was fast to introduce herself and was promptly shut down. The cold and presumptuous model reveled herself. Kana felt a sting as the young joy filled Kimi was so rudely treated but there was little he could do. They were merely doing their job and there was nothing written that required for them to be respected. The model addressed Kimiko’s introduction as one would wave off a fly. Kana and Masamune were not even given the privilege of stating their names. The young medic placed a reassuring hand on Masamune in the event the young boy would feel intimidated.

In a rush they were off. Kimiko followed behind the tall slender model and Kana nodded as she signaled the move out. Money had passed hands and because of that, the trio now belonged to the gorgeous model. Kana was not relishing this mission at all and though he would fight till the death to see this spoiled woman to her destination, he would do it with not an ounce of joy. He took a deep breath and sighed. Turning to Masamune, he motioned with his head to follow. Kana did not know what lay ahead of them but he knew one thing for sure, the young models mouth would be perhaps the deadliest things they may have to face.

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These last few days were hell, Masamune had hoped that Kana would take the lead, which would have made the travel a lot more comfortable, saver a lot more calming for himself. But instead the young Kimiko took the lead, even through Masamune never met her before, he already knew she was a energetic one, he had heard a lot of her in the past and what he now met totally fitted the description. The tempo they used to travel at was almost inhuman, instead of peacefully walking, Kimiko almost ran the whole way.
Not only did he worry they would be attacked any second (like last time he went out on a mission), they almost didn't got any sleep or rest, too, how should they defend them self if anything would happen right now? Was the thought haunting him the whole time. Finally they reached the Tea Country and the place, where their main mission would start, a small pathway lead them up to a palest like building and Masamune already knew.... this was going to get horrible.

By now he knew what they were supposed to do, bring a model from A to B, pretty easy as it seemed, but Masamune knew better. Alone the fact that he was here would mean something terrible would happen and he was right, as soon as the front door was opened and after he came out of his hiding place (which was behind Kanas back) he could see inside the palace. It was GIANT, full of 'rich-people-stuff', AND PINK.
The worst combination for anything and it could only mean one thing:
*Person to protect = rich = has money = is going to be kidnapped = me is going to be killed while trying to protect her* Those were his taught when he entered this.... strange place, it seemed the person they were going to protect was some kind of god, at least she made it look like it. There even was a fountain in the middle of a bright hall, and the water came out of a statue of a person, which could be seen in every single picture elsewhere. The walls were covered with them and only helped increasing Masamunes fear of whatever would happen to them during this mission.
He carefully kept very close to Kana, concentrating on keeping his distance to anything rare-looking, meaning he kept his distance to anything. When they finally reached the end of the corridor and found a gorgeous looking person, Kimiko already moved forward, ready to address her, at that time Masamune already screamed *NOOO* inside of his head.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" even through he knew what would happen, Masamune shouted out in fear and surprise when the model turned around and barged her fangs (not literally) into Kimiko, who was just as shocked as himself. Out of a reflex he jumped backwards, ready to fend of everything which would harm him, but luckily Kana stopped him, just before he crashed into a expensive looking vase.
"Thank you" He whispered, then he took his position, right behind Kana, ready to follow the Model......

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It was ironic how Kimiko seemed to be taking the lead of the mission even with Kana being a Chuunin, but it was just the way it had worked out. With Yuuka appearing to be in such a hurry to get to the Snow Country, the three shinobi were forced to move much quicker than they probably wanted to after three days of travelling. The model stood in the hallway and snapped her fingers, to which the strange doorman returned with five ridiculously large suitcases. Kimiko cried out in disbelief, moving backwards and her face turning white. They were going to have to carry those cases, weren't they?...

"Chop chop, each of you grab the cases and bring them out to the carriage!" Yuuka screeched like a banshee, pointing one of her perfectly manicured nails towards the pile of cases. Kimiko bowed lowly as a reflex reaction to show that she understand, and scuttled towards the suitcases, swiftly picking up two beneath each of her arms. Yuuka swept out of the house and down the steps towards the awaiting carriage, and the doorman leant back against the door frame with a large sigh. "I hate my life..." He muttered before shuffling away. It appeared that was how the three shinobi would soon feel after this long mission. Kimiko felt her heart sink at that realisation, sweatdropping and sighing. "Oh god..." She groaned before shaking her head and walking outside in the same direction as the model.

At least there was a carriage for this journey. It was drawn by two regular horses, both of which were stood completely still and staring straight ahead patiently. Kimiko smiled softly to herself while she walked round to the back of the carriage, and she was about to throw the cases into the back when she heard the awful shriek of Yuuka's high-pitched voice. "DON'T THROW ANYTHING!" She was forced to carefully place each suitcase before stepping back to allow her comrades to do the same. She leant against the back of the carriage after opening the door for Yuuka to get inside, and looked sympathetically at her male companions. "It'll be over before you know it." She said reassuringly, even though she too wasn't looking forward to the time that they had to spend with her ladyship in the carriage.

When everything was loaded in the back and secured with numerous ropes (upon request from the demanding model), a driver appeared out of nowhere and whipped the horses into action. They were soon moving towards the village gates at a slow pace. The shinobi had to be stationed on the outside of the carriage; one on either side, and then one behind, hence the slow pace of the carriage. It would be safer to travel like this where they could actually guard the model who was safe and sound inside the protected carriage, and there was the driver up front to alert them to any dangers or obstacles along the way.

And so it had started, their journey to the Snow Country.

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Kana did not like what he saw at all. It was not the fact that the model was treating them as her personal slaves instead of a security detail; it was the fact that the model was making the decisions. Though it would take about three or four days to get to Yuki, travel would have been much faster without being encumbered by the mountain of clothes that the woman was hell bent on taking. The disgruntled butler somehow managed to carry them all by himself, a feat after years of practice, and was relieved to set them down for the trio to take over. The poor young Gennin did as was told in a downcast manner, probably thinking they would be little better than babysitting and running errands. In her mind, Kimiko might have thought of fending off bandits and defending the model from legions of adoring fans. The current situation might seem as boring but Kana knew better. Each suitcase was a perfect hiding place for a bomb or poisonous vermin or, if desperate and skilled enough, an adoring fan.

Things did not get any better as he followed the young girls lead and picked up two suit cases himself. Waiting outside was a big bulky carriage adorned and fashioned in an expensive way. Even if bandits did not know that a world famous model was ridding in the carriage, the vehicle broadcasted to the world that a rich and wealthy person was inside. It was a prize up for grabs. In additions, the driver had not been screened. Such were his misgivings that Kana decided to act. Quickly forming a series of hand seals and a puff of smoke later, a carbon copy of his stood next to him. There were no words that needed to be spoken and the clone nodded forming his own hand seals. After this was completed, a suitcase, just like the ones Kana had been carrying, appeared on the ground. Nobody would notice an extra suitcase, especially not any bandits; this would allow the clone to keep an eye on the young lady even if Kana himself could not.

He helped to load the rest of the left over suitcases and quickly briefed the other two on their formation. Masamune would walk on the left side of the carriage and Kimi would be on the right. Kana would bring up the rear. This formation would allow for the sides to remain strong while he could asses any danger coming from the rear and act should the driver try to escape with the model. With no time to rest, the trio was off slowly walking to the gates. What Kana found peculiar was that there were very little people walking around, especially in the home town of the model. This added to his misgivings and he kept an eye out for anything out of the ordinary. Kimiko offered her wishful guess and Kana did hope the next few days would go by quickly. He smiled to the young members of his party and nodded. “Yes Kimi, I am sure it will be a breeze.” He would rather be knee deep in blood than have to serve this woman hand and foot. No wonder the butler had made that sly remark. Kana sighed again as the carriage began to move. Off to the snow country they were with their precious cargo.

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Chakra Cost: 1

Kana(42 cp) Clone(41 cp)

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Masamune was terrible scared of the woman they had to protect, she was rude, imprudent and would get them all killed. Simply looking at all her suitcases made him groan loudly, this would be SO much trouble. Traveling with so much luggage would only get into their way and slow them down, not that they would be able to travel at a proper speed with 'her majesty' traveling inside a carriage. But what could he do about it... nothing, saying anything now would only get him into trouble and so he grabbed the last remaining suitcases and put them into the carriage, gently. While doing so he saw Kana performing his little trick and smiled at it, their leader surely was a clever man and he was happy to have him with him, knowing Kana would cover his back calmed him to a certain extend. Even with this loud, annoying and untrustworthy woman they would be able to get safely through this mission, with that guys help, Masamune was sure of it.

Finally the carriage started moving and Masamune let out a loud sigh, not even a single second of rest was granted them. How would they be of any help like this?
He let himself fall a bit back, right to Kanas' site and whispered to him:
"Hey... while we are still near to the village, I want to take a rest, I think it is highly unlikely that we get robbed near the guards of the village, besides... I need some rest, i won't be able to help you at all if I am tired... so... just watch out a bit for my site as well would you?... Thanks" With that much said he got back to his position and partial released his Zweihander from the carriages wall. He sat down on it, his legs fell down right after the handle and his butt tried to get any hold on the wide blade, it was uncomfortable, but it worked. Like that he leaned on the carriages side, he was sure 'her highness' wouldn't waste her time to look out of the carriage. With a final sigh he faded away into the land of dreams..

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They were allowed out of the village gates with no issues what-so-ever; the two guards seemed to recognise the carriage and moved aside graciously with low bows. It was like the model was royalty here for whatever reason. Kimiko walked beside the carriage on the right-hand-side, and Kana was walking behind as the Chuunin of the team. Masamune was on the left side. They moved slowly, but it was a nice change of pace. It gave the three weary shinobi time to recharge their batteries after a full-on dash here. Kimiko wished now that they hadn't hurried so much to arrive; she wished that they hadn't even taken this mission in the first place. It was a disaster just waiting to happen...

~ A few hours later... ~

The skies above were now pitch black and stars littered the inky sky. Yuuka was asleep in her carriage, and the driver was still wide awake as he had a sneaky flask of coffee sat beside him. The small whirlwind of a Genin walking on the right of the carriage was exhausted, however, she was running on practically empty but she refused to give up and sleep. Her chocolate eyes were drooping and they looked dull as opposed to their usual sparkling depths. Her movements were sluggish, and she kept pinching herself to try and wake up. Although it worked for a fraction of a second, she found herself still running on empty and practically falling asleep while she walked. Maybe they should start working in shifts?... one of them stayed awake while the other two rested, or something of the sort.

But speaking wasn't the best idea; Kimiko was scared of waking up the sleeping model. All hell would break loose if that happened. She looked over her shoulder to the back of the carriage at Kana, wondering how he was getting on. She couldn't see much, however, due to the lack of light by now.

It appeared that they would have to travel through the night with little to no sleep...

~ Meanwhile... ~

If Kimiko had been awake enough to notice, she would have seen the slight rustling in a bush beside her when she walked past it. Two females were crouched there, each one wearing all black and a ridiculous balaclava to match. Their hair was scraped back off their faces and their eyes glowed dark with hatred. "That bitch... there she goes..." One muttered to the other when she was sure the three shinobi guards were out of earshot. "She'll pay for taking all our work..." The other whispered back harshly, a smirk spread on her face beneath the balaclava.

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Kana was not a particularly fit Chunnin, no more than the average. Their mad dash to the Tea Country was beginning to take its toll. Masamune had been smart and just after leaving the village he had set up a sort or bouncing seat with his great sword as a precarious rest. Even this would not let the exhausted young Gennin catch up on the rest they had so foolishly forsaken. The young Chunnin’s mind began to formulate a sort of plan, there was no reason why all three of them should suffer. Since Masamune was already resting, Kana figured the next would have to be Kimiko. Running through a short string of hand sings, the young Chunnin summoned his trusted friend, Vijon. The small white eagle looked at his surroundings surprised. He then noticed Kana and flew to perch on his friend’s shoulder.

“Hey Kana, long time no see. It is about time you called me out, I was getting bored. Hey did you know that my sister got sprayed by a skunk and had to be sent away from our nest ‘cus she stunk? Man that was funny, oh and…” Kana clamped the young eagle’s beak and chuckled. “Yes Vijon, it has been a long time, I am sure you have many stories to tell me but right now we have work to do. I need you to be on watch during the night. Both my partners are so very tired and they need a rest. A muffled ok was said and the young eagle flew off to perch on top of the carriage. Vijon’s special ability should be able to sniff out any dogs hiding in the brush.

Kana went over to talk to the driver. In hushed tones he told the other that not only his partners but the horses also needed to rest. They had been travelling for more than forty miles and the team of horses would need to rest if they were to survive a long trip the next day. He assured the man that the young mistress would not know they had only travelled so little in the dark and that Kana would take full responsibility for the delay. A reluctant, but wise, driver ordered his team to stop and proceeded to water and feed his poor animals.

Kana called Kimiko and Masamune over. “Ok you two, here is the plan. I want the two of you to get as much rest as you can. Being the close range fighters, I will be counting on you to fend off any attack. Kimi, you need the most rest because you are our Taijutus specialists. We will need your speed if anybody manages to actually abduct the…princess. Those are my orders and they are final. My summon and I will take the first watch and my clone will take the second.”

With his orders distributed, Kana tapped the suitcase that his clone had turned into and basically relayed the same message he had just told his other two. The clone acknowledged, as just as the original, was asleep before his head hit the grass. Kana literally took his mirror image’s place and forming some hand seals, he turned himself into the same type or luggage the other had been.

If anybody was watching, they would see everybody asleep, even the driver had found himself a comfy spot near the carriage and went to sleep. The only eyes visible were those of the young eagle which shone an eerie yellow. Vijon was able to detect heat signatures and he would sweep the area regularly. Given the fact that young eagle was the equivalent of a 12 year old, the young eagle would stay awake through the night but was ordered to wake up the clone just past midnight giving the Chunnin’s clone a good four to five hours of sleep.

(Kana -6cp/42)

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Vijon
http://www.ultimateshinobi.org/t4811-kana-kinoshi-s-summonssecond-version

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Several hours passed like this and Masamune could rest and when he woke up, the stars smiled down on him. It was already late, but they were still traveling, Kana and Kimiko probably walked the whole time through, originally he had planned to let Kimiko take his seat when he woke up, but now, that it was this late, that wouldn't be of any use anymore. He sealed his sword again and saw Kana walking past him, up to the driver, he nod at him, signaling him he was alright and rested. He watched Kana, talking to the black dressed man, driving the carriage and understood what they were talking about, of course, Kana and Kimiko had to rest. They hadn't been resting like him and so he decided to watch over them while they would do so. The carriage went on a bit further, until they found a small river, traces on the ground showed this was a famous resting place, which was understandable. The river was filled with fish, but so deep that only a ship would pass it and to both sides rose cliffs into the height, protecting them from unwanted company, like animals... or worth. Only the front was covered by trees, as they had been traveling through the forest and only now got into the mountain covered area. They were a few in numbers, but the few mountains which stood in the middle of the country were big and rough, a normal person.. or bandit... wouldn't have the guts to climb one of them.

Masamune turned around, a swallow smile covered his lips, while that.. arrogant, self loving person was still asleep they would only now get the chance to rest a bit. Kana came over to the two Genin and told them his plan, but after Kimi went to sleep Masamune turned around to Kana. He saw how that guy performed his little suitcases trick and in the end talked to a suitcase. "Hey Kana, rest assure, I slept the whole time so.... just take a nap now, if you want I can wake you up later on, but I don't think I'll need you to keep my eyes open." Masamune whispered the whole time, careful not to wake up the monster, as he now called the model. Disliking her would be unappropriated, he HATED her. She put her own life above others and decided herself about other people as if they weren't even alive, she didn't respect a persons worth at all. Whether that guy would rest now was up to him, but after talking to Kana Masamune climbed on the carriages top, of course it had one, otherwise the monster could get wet or anything. At least it was nice and warm up there and while lying he was sure to not be spotted, while having the whole surrounding in sight.

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"Nani?..." Kimiko questioned when their convoy pulled over. She moved with them, yawning widely and rubbing her eyes tiredly. They were stopping? She thought that they would have to travel throughout the night... She moved towards Kana, their team leader for the mission, when he called both her and Masamune over. She listened as attentively as she could to the instructions given to her, and she nodded slowly to show that she understood. Kana called her the Taijutsu specialist of the group, and although it wasn't one of her specialities, Kimiko wasn't a stranger to a good kicking or punching. It was one of the main ways that she trained, apart from her Ninjutsu and Fuuinjutsu of course. She had to keep fit one way or another, right?

She walked without a word to the grassy area near the lake, and collapsed to the floor immediately afterwards. She sighed with relief, curling up into a slight ball while she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. Being so tired, it was natural why she fell asleep so quickly. She was soon breathing softly and looking very peaceful indeed; child-like, innocent and defenceless. It was now that it showed how vulnerable she appeared, not a shinobi at all in body. She looked more like she would be better being cuddled up at home than catching desperate sleep on a potentially dangerous mission.

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It was from this scene that the two jealous rival female models hidden in the undergrowth found their confidence. They waited a couple more hours, gathering their energy by having swift naps in turn. When they were both awake once more, they decided that they would attack now while the convoy was at its weakest. They really were not very observant; they failed to see the crouched figure of one of the shinobi on the mission on top of the carriage, and they also didn't see the glowing yellow eyes of the eagle perched there.

When one moved, a shrieking caw from the eagle Kana named Vijon signalled enemies were about to attack...

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Kimiko was startled to wake up to an awful cry from an eagle, and although her vision was still blurry with tiredness, she knew that there was danger afoot. She pushed herself up from the ground, shaking her head to get a hold of herself before running straight into action. She ran to the side of the carriage which was the one she had been guarding, and currently the one facing the two dark shapes swiftly moving in their direction. One suddenly vanished and reappeared behind Kimiko, a slight breeze of wind tickling the back of the small girl's neck and sending warning signals throughout her body. As a reflex reaction, she snapped her right arm backwards until her fist collided with the figure's face. She felt something crack, and heard the shriek of pain, felt the warmth of blood flowing.

In a flash, she felt the cool metal of a kunai pressing hard into her skin, and in the moonlight she saw a beautiful woman with a bleeding, broken nose take off her black balaclava. "Move along, girlie. You may have caught a lucky shot on me, but we're after the bitch inside the carriage, and there ain't nothing you can do about it." The woman hissed, pressing the kunai into Kimiko's skin harder so that a couple of beads of blood trickled forth. Kimiko raised her left leg swiftly upwards and into her attacker's gut. This motion made the female double over and pull her arm backwards. It meant that the kunai did slice Kimiko's neck slightly, but nothing really of a wound came of it. In the seconds that the female was trying to get her breath back, Kimiko took her chance. She grabbed hold of the female's arm and flung her round so that the attacker was away from the carriage, and therefore not near the model that they had to guard.

She swiftly took out her fan from the black lacquer case over her back and opened it out, waving it with force towards her target. A ripping gale moved towards the rival model and caught her before she could move out of the way. Enveloped in Kimiko's jutsu, her breath was taken from her body and she was unable to scream. Kimiko expelled the jutsu when she knew it was enough, and glared at the crumpled body on the floor. "Looks like there is something I can do about it." She said quietly, folding the fan again and placing it back where it belonged.

With one of the two females defeated, she wondered what happened to the other one...

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(OOC: Both females have basic shinobi skills such as Shunshin, but know nothing much about the shinobi arts. They cannot perform elemental jutsu, and mainly rely on decent Taijutsu skills.)

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Masamune had stood awake the whole night, staring into the depths of the forrest. He had to trust into Kanas eagle as he himself could not see during this time of the night and without a fire he thought guarding was just a plain boring hell he had to endure. He did not believe anyone was stupid enough attacking them at a strategic disadvantagerous position, but he was wrong. Maybe his eyes couldn't tell them what was wrong, but his ears were pretty sharp. He heard the bushes infront of them rustle and a few seconds later the hawk called out, signalling persons were approaching. Them being commoners was out of question, no normal person would sneak out of the forest at this time in this location when they were here, it was to unthinkable and the hawk would just shout out if there were really people approaching, so them being wild animals was out of question. As Masamune stared into the darkness he could see two shadows approaching the carriage, one girl went for Kimiko and Masamune wanted to wake her up. He threw one of the rocks, which he had collected earlier, at her and hit her leg, seconds later she woke up, probably being aroused because of the danger and his action. As he could here her start rambling with the person, the approachers being friendly was out of question. He saw the second shadow nearing the carriage, so he waited until the person got near enough and jumped down from his hideout. His approach was noiseless and when his knee hit the womans head she shouted out in surprise, she clearly wasn't prepared for his sudden entrance and so she got on her knees, being hit by such a attack it was surprising she didn't instantly loose her consciousness. Masamune landed on his feet and went down into a crouch position, just to kick off with his legs to increase the impact his punch would have on the womans stomach. of course he didn't knew she was a woman, althrough her high voice surprised him, but he didn't think about this as she took of the ground and almost rose up three meter into the air. Without thinking a second longer Masamune started to rotate, just to jump of the ground and land a heavy kick on the womans body. She flew across the area, sliding some meters above the ground and in the end crashed against the cliff. This had been a short fight and the outcome wasn't a surprise, Masamune was a skilled fighter and he had the surprise effect on his site. As he could tell Kimiko finished her fight as well, which he could state from the silence which came after the fight, he walked over to her. It seemed like she had used a wind related jutsu, the ground around her enemy showed some cut traces which wouldn't be made by a weapon and Masamune knew about weapons... as he approached his fellow comrade he smiled at her and said:
"Whoah... this really surprised me. Didn't think anyone would sneak up on us. You alright?"
As he was talking to her, not really looking her in the face anymore, but instead pulling Kimikos victim over to his own and tying them up with wire, which he took out of his ninja pouch. As his eyes moved back to the carriage he wondered what happened with Kana, why didn't he step in action and only then did he started worrying about the model, althrough his biggest worry was she might have woken up and now would shout at them saying 'Why didn't you beat those guys a bit more quiet, because of you I missed my beauty sleep!' as his mind was imagining her expression while saying so he had to laugh a bit, their customer really was a unpleasant person to be with....